detachment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: detachment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for detachment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detachment n avoiding emotional involvement [syn: withdrawal, detachment] the act of releasing from an attachment or connection Synonym(s): detachment, disengagement the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel" Synonym(s): insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment a small unit of troops of special composition coming apart Synonym(s): separation, breakup, detachment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detachment \Detach"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]tachement.] 1. The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached. 2. That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service. Troops . . . widely scattered in little detachments. --Bancroft. 3. Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation. A trial which would have demanded of him a most heroic faith and the detachment* of a saint. --J. H. Newman.